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Entrepreneurship in Transition Economies : The Role of Institutions and Generational Change
Estrin, Saul - 2010
The transition economies have lower rates of entrepreneurship than are observed in most developed and developing market economies. The difference is even more marked in the countries of the former Soviet Union than those of Central and Eastern Europe. We link these differences partly with the...
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Tenures that Shook the World : Worker Turnover in Russia, Poland and Britain
Lehmann, Hartmut; Wadsworth, Jonathan - 2021
We study worker turnover in a transition economy to investigate to what extent the length of time a worker has been employed by a firm shapes the turnover process. Using data from the Polish Labor Force Survey and The Russian Longitudinal Monitor Survey, we compare the pattern of turnover with a...
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The Puzzle of Muslim Advantage in Child Survival in India
Bhalotra, Sonia R. - 2009
The socio-economic status of Indian Muslims is, on average, considerably lower than that of upper caste Hindus. Muslims have higher fertility and shorter birth spacing and are a minority group that, it has been argued, have poorer access to public goods. They nevertheless exhibit substantially...
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Why are Household Incomes More Unequally Distributed in China than in Russia?
Gustafsson, Björn - 2010
Harmonised microdata show a Gini coefficient for per capita total income of 45.3 percent in China 2002 and 33.6 percent … urban areas in China are important reasons for this cross-country difference in inequality. Wage is a more non …-equalising income source in China than in Russia. While Russian public transfers reduce income inequality, Chinese public transfers …
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High Performance Work Practices and Employee Voice : A Comparison of Japanese and Korean Workers
Bae, Kiu-Sik - 2010
Using a unique new cross-national survey of Japanese and Korean workers, we report the first systematic evidence on the effects on employee voice of High Performance Work Practices (HPWPs) from the two economies which are noted for the wide use of HPWPs. We find for both nations that: (i)...
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Gender Differences in Business Performance : Evidence from the Characteristics of Business Owners Survey
Fairlie, Robert W.; Robb, Alicia - 2021
Using confidential microdata from the U.S. Census Bureau, we investigate the performance of female-owned businesses making comparisons to male-owned businesses. Using regression estimates and a decomposition technique, we explore the role that human capital, especially through prior work...
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Six-Country Survey on Covid-19
Belot, Michele - 2020
This paper presents a new data set collected on representative samples across 6 countries: China, South Korea, Japan …
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The Impact of Social Pensions on Intergenerational Relationships : Comparative Evidence from China
Chen, Xi - 2017
China launched a new rural pension scheme (hereafter NRPS) for rural residents in 2009, now covering almost all … unique setting for studying the economics of intergenerational relationships during development, given the rapidity of China …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012957478
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Accounting for Differences in Female Labor Force Participation between China and India
Azam, Mehtabul - 2019
Although, the male labor force participation rate is comparable in China and India, female labor force participation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012861270
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Conspicuous Consumption in the United States and China
Jinkins, David Carson - 2014
I develop a model of conspicuous consumption to empirically measure the importance of peer beliefs to Americans and Chinese. In the model, a consumer cares not only about the direct utility she receives from consumption, but also about the way her consumption pattern affects her peer group's...
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